8 Day Journey - DAY TWO

The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and flourishing...Psalm 92:12-15

2000 Year

Old Seed

In the early 1970s, archaeologists working on the ruins at Masada (Herod's mountaintop fortress) discovered an ancient vessel containing palm tree seeds that were 2000 years old. The seeds then sat untouched in an office drawer until 2005 when an Israeli medical research facility suggested trying to germinate them.

To everyone’s amazement, the seeds grew. The tiny sapling was nicknamed ‘Methuselah’ after the oldest person in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).

Ten years later, this ancient date palm is thriving. He is now 3 metres (10 feet) tall. He has produced flowers that were used to pollinate dates on another tree. Fruit in his old age!

Jesus likened the Gospel to a seed that is scattered widely and lands on various types of soil. The seed that lands in good soil, takes root and grows strong. The Gospel is a 2000 year old seed that still bears fruit today! In Israel, Messianic Jews and Christian Arabs are sharing the Gospel in a relevant, locally contextualized way. The Gospel seed that went out to the world from the tiny nation of Israel, is still being planted and growing good fruit from the very place it first grew!

Watch some great testimonies of Jewish people who have come to faith in Yeshua!CLICK HERE

Make A Difference

PROMOTING WHAT GOD IS DOING IN ISRAEL THROUGH LOCAL JEWISH AND ARAB BELIEVERS

It’s our heart to see God’s Kingdom grow in Israel and to that end, we want to share with you the stories and testimonies of Jewish and Arab believers in the Land who are involved in doing just that - working together, praying together, outreaching together and growing together.

Please browse through the articles, read the stories, hear the hearts, pray for the Body and become part of what God’s doing in Israel today!

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